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Great Barr
Great Barr (West Midlands)
Great Barr

Great Barr shown within the West Midlands
OS grid reference SP047945
Metropolitan county West Midlands
Region West Midlands
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BIRMINGHAM, WALSALL
Postcode district B
Dialling code 0121
Police West Midlands
Fire West Midlands
Ambulance West Midlands
European Parliament West Midlands
UK Parliament various
List of places: UK • England • West Midlands

Coordinates: 52°32′53″N 1°55′55″W / 52.548, -1.932

Great Barr is a large and loosely-defined area which straddles the boundaries of Birmingham, West Bromwich (Sandwell; including the Great Barr with Yew Tree Ward) and Walsall, West Midlands, England. The West Midlands is a Metropolitan county in western central England with a population of 2591300 The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of Subdivisions of England used for the purposes of Local government outside Greater London The West Midlands is a Metropolitan county in western central England with a population of 2591300 The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one The West Midlands is an official Region of England, covering the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The B postcode area, also known as the Birmingham postcode area, provides postcodes for the boroughs of Birmingham, Solihull and Sandwell The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. West Midlands Police is the Home Office Police force responsible for policing the Metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and The West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS is the Statutory fire and rescue service responsible for fire protection prevention intervention and emergency rescue The West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (WMAS is the second-largest ambulance service in the UK West Midlands is a Constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 7 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of Party-list proportional This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a list of cities, Towns Villages and other settlements in the ceremonial county &ndash not the region &ndash A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um West Bromwich ( is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, in the West Midlands, England History of the Borough The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 as a merger of the County boroughs of Warley (associated with Worcestershire In Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, a ward is an Electoral district Walsall ( is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. The West Midlands is a Metropolitan county in western central England with a population of 2591300 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland "Barr" means "hill", and the name refers to nearby Barr Beacon. Barr Beacon is a Hill on the edge of Walsall, West Midlands, England, very near the border with Birmingham.

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History

Great Barr was a largely rural area on the Staffordshire-Warwickshire border as recently as the First World War, but during the 1920s development for private and council housing began and by the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 it was a very busy residential area with good road connections to West Bromwich, Walsall and Birmingham. Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. Geography Warwickshire is bounded to the northwest by the West Midlands Metropolitan county and Staffordshire, by Leicestershire to World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including West Bromwich ( is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, in the West Midlands, England Walsall ( is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um

Expansion continued after the war, and during the 1960s it received a motorway link when Junction 7 of the M6 motorway was opened on the A34. This article concerns the M6 motorway in England There are also M6 motorways in Russia (see Caspian Highway) Hungary (see M6 motorway The A34 is a major road in England. It runs from the A6042 in Salford to Winchester in Hampshire. It is also located close to the starting point of the M5, which can be accessed just one mile (1. This article is about the M5 motorway in England See M5 for other roads numbered "M5" 6 km) northwards on the M6.

Kidnapper and murderer Michael Sams held estate agent Stephanie Slater captive at a house in Great Barr for several days in January 1992, before letting her go and spending three weeks on the run before police finally arrested him. Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries Michael Sams (born August 11 1941) is an English rapist, kidnapper, Extortionist and Murderer who kidnapped Julie He was sentenced to life imprisonment in July 1993 for abducting Stephanie Slater and murdering Leeds prostitute Julie Dart, who died in July 1991. Leeds ( is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England Sams had originally denied murdering Ms Dart but later confessed. He is still in prison as of 2008. [1]

Geography

The traditional centre of Great Barr is focussed on the busy junction of the A34 and A4041 roads, at the Scott Arms public house and shopping centre. The A34 is a major road in England. It runs from the A6042 in Salford to Winchester in Hampshire. A shopping mall or shopping centre is a building or set of buildings that contain Retail units with interconnecting Walkways enabling visitors This is named after the Scott family of Great Barr Hall, which was once home of Samuel Galton and a meeting place of the Lunar Society. Great Barr Hall is an 18th century mansion situated at Great Barr, Walsall, very near to Birmingham, West Midlands, England. Samuel "John" Galton Jr FRS ( June 18 1753 - June 19 1832) born in Duddeston, Birmingham, England The Lunar Society was a dinner club and informal Learned society of prominent Industrialists natural philosophers and intellectuals who met regularly between

The Scott Arms junction, the traditional centre of Great Barr.
The Scott Arms junction, the traditional centre of Great Barr.

However, the name is also loosely applied to a swathe of the West Midlands bounded by junction 8 of the M6 motorway in the west, the Birmingham - Walsall railway line (part of the former Grand Junction Railway, opened in 1837, and including Hamstead railway station, formerly called Great Barr station) and Perry Barr to the south, Kingstanding to the east, and the open countryside of Barr Beacon to the north. This article concerns the M6 motorway in England There are also M6 motorways in Russia (see Caspian Highway) Hungary (see M6 motorway The Chase Line is the railway line from Birmingham New Street to Walsall and Rugeley. The Grand Junction Railway (GJR was an early railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed between 1833 and 1846 Hamstead railway station serves the Hamstead, Great Barr and Handsworth Wood areas of the West Midlands, England, located at the junction Perry Barr is an area in north Birmingham, England. It is also a council constituency, managed by its own District committee. Kingstanding is an area in north Birmingham, England. It gives its name to a ward in the Erdington formal district.

Great Barr includes much of the B42, B43 and B44 postcode areas. The B postcode area, also known as the Birmingham postcode area, provides postcodes for the boroughs of Birmingham, Solihull and Sandwell

Places of interest

Bishop Asbury Cottage (incorrectly named as "Bishop Ashbury's Cottage" on Ordnance Survey maps), was where Francis Asbury, the first American Methodist Bishop, was raised. Bishop Asbury Cottage ( is the boyhood home of Francis Asbury, the first American Methodist Bishop, in Great Barr, England Ordnance Survey (OS is an Executive agency of the United Kingdom government Francis Asbury ( August 20 1745 &ndash March 31 1816) was one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the It is owned by Sandwell Council and is Grade II listed. History of the Borough The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 as a merger of the County boroughs of Warley (associated with Worcestershire It is open by appointment for group visits, and opens occasionally to the general public. More details of access and opening times can be found in the link below.

Great Barr Hall is a Grade II* listed building, and due its current state of disrepair It is not open to the public. Great Barr Hall is an 18th century mansion situated at Great Barr, Walsall, very near to Birmingham, West Midlands, England. A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural historical or cultural significance

The Red House
The Red House

Red House Park is open to the public and provides important amenities for the local community. Red House Park is a Park in Great Barr, Sandwell, England. The Red House Within the park is The Red House, a It is owned by the Sandwell Council. In the grounds are both the Red House itself and an obelisk erected in memory of Princess Charlotte who died in childbirth in November 1817. The Red House is Grade II listed building, but is not currently open to the public and its future is uncertain.

Birmingham Canal Navigations' Tame Valley Canal runs through Great Barr, from Piercy Aqueduct at Hamstead, along a cutting in 200-million year old sandstone, under Freeth bridge at Tower Hill, under the A34 and into Perry Barr Locks at Perry Barr. Birmingham Canal Navigations ( BCN) is a network of navigable Canals connecting Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and the eastern part of the Black The Tame Valley Canal is a relatively late ( 1844) Canal in the West Midlands of England. Sandstone is a Sedimentary rock composed mainly of Sand -size Mineral or rock grains. [1]

Notable residents

Street name signs on Birdbrook Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, showing old "Birmingham 22" (top) and modern "B44" postcodes.
Street name signs on Birdbrook Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, showing old "Birmingham 22" (top) and modern "B44" postcodes.

Musicians Steve Winwood,Dave Swarbrick and actor Martin Shaw were raised in the Birmingham part of Great Barr. Stephen Lawrence "Steve" or "Stevie" Winwood (born 12 May 1948 in Handsworth, Birmingham) is an English Singer-songwriter David Cyril Eric 'Dave' Swarbrick (born 5 April 1941 in New Malden) is an English folk musician You may be looking for Martin Shaw (composer, or Martin Shaw (professor Martin Shaw (born 21 January 1945 in Birmingham All three attended Great Barr School. Great Barr School is a co-educational Secondary school on Aldridge Road in Great Barr, Birmingham, England for children aged 11 to 19 Winwood was born in the nearby suburb of Handsworth. Stephen Lawrence "Steve" or "Stevie" Winwood (born 12 May 1948 in Handsworth, Birmingham) is an English Singer-songwriter Handsworth ( is an inner city suburb of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England.

Schools

Great Barr is well served with a number of primary and secondary schools.

Primary schools

Secondary schools

References

  1. ^ Nicholson waterways Guide 2 - Severn, Avon and Birmingham, Collins, 2006 ISBN 978-0-00-721110-4

External links

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